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Case Studies & Initiative JourneysCase Studies described here are real examples of how an organisation has used an approach in Aotearoa New Zealand. Contact the featured organisation if you want to find out more. Please contact us to find out if there is a case study you think might be good to profile on this site.
Dad & Me: Strengthening
the Bond between Father and child
Evaluative Approach
Results Based Accountability™
Project Goal:
The Dad and Me programme seeks to motivate men to help raise and care for their tamariki and whanau.
Organisation
FamilyWorks Tairāwhiti
Location
Tairāwhiti
Creating Stronger Community
Evaluative Approach
Appreciative Inquiry & Storytelling
Project Goal:
Randwick Residents’ Association wanted to help neighbours find opportunities to make their community an even better place to live.
Organisation
Randwick Park Residents’ Association
Location
Manukau – Auckland
Gathering and Encouraging Community Input through the us of Focus Gorups and Interviews
Evaluative Approach
Focus Groups and Key Informant Interviews (and Grounded Theory)
Project Goal:
Cholmondeley needed to make significant gains in order to survive. To do this they actively engaged with their community to reimagine their vision, Value our Children. It was this refocusing that lead to success and long term financial stability.
Organisation
Cholmondeley
Location
Canterbury
Tīakīna ō Tātou Tamariki
Keeping Our Kids Safe
Evaluative Approach
Statutory Data
Project Goal:
This project began in 2010. Residents of a Gisborne neighbourhood and volunteers from Te Ora Hou, a local youth and community development organisation, decided to see whether they could build better relationships, networks and trust and in doing so, make children safer.
Organisation
Te Ora Hou Te Tairāwhiti
Location
Tairāwhiti
Becoming a Learning Organisation:
ChildFund uses Results Based Accountability™ to measure key outcomes
Evaluative Approach
Results Based Accountability™
Project Goal:
ChildFund New Zealand designed a project to strengthen deprived, excluded and vulnerable communities in rural Papua New Guinea. It was around the same time as the New Zealand Aid Programme adopted Results Based Accountability [link] as its preferred measurement tool.
Organisation
Papua New Guinea
Location
ChildFund New Zealand
Understanding attitudes to prevent sexual violence
Evaluative Approach
Surveys
Project Goal:
Te Ora Hou Te Tairāwhiti commissioned research in Gisborne to discover local parents’ attitudes and what they did to protect their children from sexual violence. The results from dozens of interviews and focus groups helped design a campaign in multiple media, aimed at local caregivers.
Organisation
Te Ora Hou Te Tairāwhiti
Location
Tairāwhiti
Using Counts to Monitor the Health of Local Waterways
Evaluative Approach
Counts
Project Goal:
Over a 5-year period Ngāti Porou hapū members have monitored and recorded the health of local streams and rivers before, during and after significant events. Those events include a bridge demolition and construction, large landslides and forestry harvesting.
Organisation
Hīkurangi Takiwā Trust
Location
Tairāwhiti
Inspiring Curious Minds:
Teaching Māori Kids to Code
Evaluative Approach
Surveys
Project Goal:
Digital Natives Academy wanted to evaluate the effectiveness of their robotics, coding and innovation workshops for Rangatahi Māori and found that asking the right questions was critical.
Organisation
Digital Natives Academy
Location
Rotorua